Dock Of The Bay dialogues

The Dock of the Bay Dialogues are a space for conversation with different guests from the fields of film and music. A friendly and close space where, for an hour and a half, in addition to listening to their proposals, you can talk directly with them. Two days, two dialogues.

You are interested if you are a professional in the sector (cinema, video, music) or if you are a student. In addition to any restless mind lover of cinema and music.

Thanks to the support of the Department of Culture, Tourism, Youth and Sport of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa.

What I told you while you were pretending to be asleep

When I listened to the Queen of Pop, I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be Avril Lavigne, JLo, or Beth in "La Sagrada Familia." I watched the best reality show that has ever existed, "Popstars: All for a Dream," every night it was on, with the greatest admiration and devotion my body has ever felt. And when I came back from school, after lunch, I'd put on MTV to watch music videos all afternoon on the sofa. There was something beautiful and lazy about it all. Images and sounds passing by, just sitting there, drawing, talking with my sister, doing the English workbook, or lying down with my eyelids drooping, almost asleep. To be and exist without a specific purpose, without a sense of urgency or duty, without thinking in terms of productivity.

Paula Gónzalez

Spaces for conversation, viewing, and enjoyment

How do we think about the music of the 90s from today's perspective? What's happening with pop music these days? New generations approach iconic groups from past eras of pop with affection, nostalgia, and admiration. How and in what ways do we reinterpret these codes? What exactly does this nostalgia for the past mean? Where does it take us? Under what discourses is pop music produced today? These questions lead us to think about the music scene in Donostia in the 90s, focusing on La Oreja de Van Gogh. We can see that this scene, this group, and Amaia Montero have been taken from the present to give them new meaning. This unprejudiced appropriation leads us to consider how these new discourses push us to rethink the city, music, feminism, and fashion among other things.

"What I Told You While You Were Pretending to Be Asleep" proposes a space to talk and think together about the images and narratives of contemporaneity that draw from the mainstream icons of the 90s and 2000s. How and why are certain musical groups praised? What's behind this fascination? We will talk about music, the use of language, nostalgia, iconography, fashion, and audiovisuals as a way to represent pop culture, to think together about the present. And we will do so using both words and images, we'll watch music videos, and we'll talk with all those who want to join us.

How has the digital era influenced the reconfiguration of documentary film criticism?

Through a roundtable that brings together four voices from the critical field, we will explore the various ways in which the dissemination of images has transcended the limits of traditional media and specialized magazines, reinventing itself in areas such as podcasts, social media, and digital platforms. Additionally, we aim to examine the implications of these changes, both in terms of audience and community building, with particular attention to gender perspectives.